Back الإمارات العربية المتحدة في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 2016 Arabic میرنشینە یەکگرتووە عەرەبییەکان لە ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ٢٠١٦ CKB Spojené arabské emiráty na Letních olympijských hrách 2016 Czech Forenede Arabiske Emirater ved sommer-OL 2016 Danish Olympische Sommerspiele 2016/Teilnehmer (Vereinigte Arabische Emirate) German Emiratos Árabes Unidos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016 Spanish Émirats arabes unis aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 French Az Egyesült Arab Emírségek a 2016. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Hungarian Emirati Arabi Uniti ai Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade Italian 2016年リオデジャネイロオリンピックのアラブ首長国連邦選手団 Japanese
| United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | UAE |
| NOC | United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee |
| Website | olympic |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 13 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Nada Al-Bedwawi[1] |
| Medals Ranked 78th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
United Arab Emirates competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee selected a team of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games.[2] The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was half the size of the delegation sent to London (26 athletes), and had the largest share of female athletes in its Summer Olympic history.
The Emirati roster featured five naturalized athletes: three Moldovan-born judokas Victor Scvortov, Sergiu Toma, and Ivan Remarenco, and two Ethiopian-born runners Alia Saeed Mohammed and Betlhem Desalegn.[3] Other notable athletes on the Emirati team included skeet shooter Saeed Al-Maktoum, who competed at his fifth consecutive Games as the most experienced member, and freestyle swimmer Nada Al-Bedwawi, who was selected by the committee, as the youngest member (aged 19), to carry the Emirati flag in the opening ceremony.[1][2]
United Arab Emirates left Rio de Janeiro with its first Olympic medal since double trap shooter Ahmed Al Maktoum topped the podium in Athens 2004. It was awarded to three-time judoka Toma, who took the bronze in men's half-middleweight category (81 kg).[4]
- ^ a b Abulleil, Reem (24 July 2016). "UAE's Nada Al Bedwawi 'shocked' by Olympic flag-bearing honour". Sport 360.
- ^ a b "13 athletes to represent UAE at Rio Olympics". Al Bawaba. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ McAuley, John (1 August 2016). "UAE at Rio 2016: 'Target is an Olympic medal, but three is the dream' for country's judo trio". Abu Dhabi: The National. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ McAuley, John (10 August 2016). "UAE at Rio 2016: Judoka Sergiu Toma goes in history books with a bronze for country's second medal". Abu Dhabi: The National. Retrieved 14 September 2016.